Stung by FIFA furor, Qatar's soft power at risk

By Amena Bakr DOHA (Reuters) - "It will blow over" tends to be Qatar's unofficial response to criticism of its World Cup bid, but with a FIFA corruption scandal exploding onto the world's front pages, the Gulf state has glumly realized it may have a real fight on its hands. Super-rich Qatar would suffer no economic pain if it lost the right to host the world's top soccer event. Years of allegations of corruption in the vote that won it the 2022 cup, and of abuse of migra